Chapter 18: 13.𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬

My whole body is aching even though I am doing nothing

For the past few days I skipped my classes because of the fever. I never thought that a small fever would make me stay in bed for three days straight. But somehow I managed to complete the design for the group project and sent it to Cami.

I tried to start my work for NYX design but I am still stuck on the research part . Now I am preparing for the midterm which are just around the corner

Jasmine has been taking care of me a lot, the medicine, food and keeping me company. Sometimes she acts like me even though she is younger than me.

It's 8pm , Jasmine should be back by now

I hear the door opening, I remove the blanket and get up to welcome her back. Jasmine comes in with a flower bouquet in her hand and her expression

It's been a while since I saw that expression on her face .She looks at me and her smile grew wider, did someone confess to her or what

She squeals and places the bouquet on the table and rushes towards me. Before I could react she jumps in for a hug almost crushing my bones and then starts spinning me around

Her giggles surrounding the room

"Jasmine what happened?" I yell and she stops but doesn't stop giggling

"He brought you flowers!" She beams with excitement

Who brought me flowers?

"What are you talking about?" I ask her as she goes back and brings the bouquet and hands it to me . I look at her in confusion "Liam brought you this!"

My eyes widened

"Liam as in Liam Carter?" She nods aggressively

I look at the bouquet and then at her . She must be pranking me or something, why would he bring me flowers "you are joking right?"

She rolls her eyes and makes me sit on my bed , the bouquet still in her hand . She kneels down and sits near my legs "I met him downstairs" she says resting her arms on my lap

I get up in shock almost stamping Jasmine

She pulls me down again and starts explaining the whole situation "When I was coming back to the dorm , I met a guy who was asking about you . When I asked who he was , he introduced himself as Liam and told me to give this bouquet to you!"

I look at the bouquet

The pink tulips wrapped in a white sheet and a cute ribbon securing them together. They are so pretty, when I look closer I notice a small card peeking through the tulips . I take out the card , it's more of a letter. My name written on the front with golden ink in the most elegant handwriting

"He wrote you a letter" Jasmine cries, making me flinch. "God he is so whipped, so what's written in it?" Her eyes shining with curiosity

Hi,

As you have not been answering me or texting me I had no choice to write you this letter. Honestly it's not a bad idea, maybe I do like writing letters . I am not completely sure why you are ignoring me. But if you are angry about the hoodie incident, I am really sorry I didn't mean to hurt or embarrass you. I will not repeat something like this again but please don't ignore me.

Here are some flowers. Hope you like them

~liam

This is confusing me

I don't think someone has ever written me a letter . And that apologizing but What does he mean by ignoring me ?

Wait-

The realization hit me

I quickly grab my phone from the night stand, there are many notifications but right now I check his texts first. I kept my phone on silent mode so that nobody disturbs me and I didn't bother to check it either as I was working on my laptop

I open my messages to be flooded by many people

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September 20

1:20 pm

Liam: hey, I didn't see you today at the class

1:40 pm

Liam: Don't forget to eat something even if you are running late

3:00 pm

Liam: how's your project going, need any help?

September 21

9:30 am

Liam: You weren't present today. Is everything alright?

12:40pm

Liam: You can ask me if you need help

7:00pm

Liam: You aren't answering my calls . Are you ignoring me?

Liam: Stella?

9:26 pm

Liam: I hope to see you tomorrow

September 22

8:32 am

Liam: did I do something wrong?

Liam: Are you okay?

September 23

2:49 pm

Liam: I am really sorry

Liam: Stella

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Oh shit!

Shit!

Shit!

What did I do!

I wasn't ignoring him nor was I angry with him. I was embarrassed about the hoodie thing but not angry. I just forgot to check my phone and this happened

I am so stupid

"So why did he send you the bouquet?" Jasmine asks

"He thinks I am angry with him and ignored him"

"Are you angry with him?" I Shake my head and fall back on my bed regretting everything "now he might be thinking that I am rude because after he helped me and I totally ghosted him" I cry in annoyance

Jasmine stands at the edge of my bed towering over me. Her hands on her waist "Are you dumb?"

"Did that fever go to your brain and eat your common sense?" She comments

She pulls me up and crosses her hands "he brought you flowers, and apologized to you even when it was not his mistake. Get a clue princess" she points at the bouquet

I couldn't help but stare and admire them . Even miles didn't do this much for me

Wait, why am I thinking of that jerk right now?

"Call him and clear the misunderstandings right now" Jasmine hands me my phone "I don't think I should -"

"Do it" she commands

I sighed, I have no choice right now but to call him. Only in a few rings he picks up like he was waiting for the call "Stella?" that voice!

Jasmine is looking at me with hearts in her eyes . I try to shoo her away but she comes and sits beside me to hear the conversation

"I got the flowers, they are beautiful thank you"

He doesn't say anything, I call out his name "did you read the letter?" I hum in response

"I am sorry but I was not ignoring you , I was sick for the past few days and my phone was on silent so I didn't see your messages. Trust me , sorry for the misunderstanding" i explain

"You are sick?" He asks

"No, I am alright right now. I will resume my classes tomorrow"

"I

That's good, you should take care of yourself" hearing this from him , Jasmine starts to slap my hand in excitement

"yeah I will"

"You didn't have to go through the trouble to bring me flowers-" before i could complete he interrupted me "I just wanted to make sure of something and there was no trouble at all. I am happy you liked them, I guess my choice isn't bad "

I couldn't help but smile a little. Whereas Jasmine is hitting the pillow

"Did I act out of line?" He asks but I don't know how to respond. I don't think it's weird "I don't think so, and I needed some flowers for my aesthetic" he chuckles at my words

"Everyone has completed their designs, I think max will submit the projects tomorrow " he informs

Oh so that means he won't be coming to university anymore-

"Yeah that's good. It wouldn't have been possible without you . How can I return the favor?" I ask

"I will say that soon , but I hope we keep in touch and you don't hide from me" and now Jasmine is pushing me like a rag doll

"Don't worry I won't"

Jasmine whispers my name grabbing my attention. She is standing near the window and gesturing me to come there. Liam says something but I couldn't catch up because of Jasmine's actions.

She gets annoyed and pulls me towards the window and removes the curtain by half and stands behind the other half hiding herself

I frown at her actions, she points her finger on the window

"Look down" Liam says

I open the window and my eyes fall on a figure standing in front of the dorm. Liam is leaning against his car , his open hand in his pocket and his phone in other, He is wearing a brown jacket over his black outfit

Damn this guy is making all my book boyfriend visuals come true

The cold Breeze spreads goosebumps across my arms

"What are you doing here ?" I almost yell

"Waiting for you" he shrugged and I could notice a small smile on his face

"It's cold! How long have you been there?" I almost yell

He nods "well at least I got to see you"

I was cold but now my face is burning

I gulp and look at Jasmine, who is covering her mouth with her palm. She is enjoying this situation way too much, she just needs popcorn right now

"I feel bad, I should have informed you and-" I sign

"You were sick, I understand" he responded "I will get going. Take care of yourself, Goodnight freckles"

Does he call me that because of my freckles?

"Good night Liam" I say as I see him drive off

I turn around to see Jasmine "haye ladka phisal Gaya" she comments in hindi

[Translation: The guy has fallen]

"What?"

She shakes her head and doesn't let me understand what she was saying

"So what are you gonna do next?" She questions

"For what?"

She sits beside "He wants to stay in touch and you have to give him something for helping you right? So what are you gonna do?"

"When he needs something he will tell and right now i wanna focus on my exams and he knows that" She rolls her eyes at me "You are boring" saying this she goes to the washroom

I take my phone and quickly click some photos of the tulips . They can stay fresh for atleast a week but I don't have a vase to keep them

Should I buy one?

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Author's Note

You know why Liam didn't give Stella heels? Because he doesn't know her size

Wait for sometime you will get those scenes too

btw I am a student and I have to manage everything and my finals are coming so I can't post regularly dw I won't leave the story. I will post twice a week . Hope y'all understand

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-have a nice day